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THE FUTURE LABORPARTY Convention & Conference July 25-28, 2002 Agenda Thursday July 25 6:30-8:30 pm Opening session Welcome: Joslyn N. Williams, President, Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Opening Remarks: Cecil Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America Friday July 26 Educational conference 9:30am Jim Hightower: “America’s Number One Populist” 10:15 Just Health Care Panel Neil Bisno, Vice President, 1199P/SEIU - Moderator Dean Baker, Macroeconomist and Co-Director of the Center for Economic & Policy Research Claudia Fegan, MD, Past President, Physicians for a National Health Program Sid Wolfe, MD, Director Public Citizen’s Health Research Group Quentin Young, MD, National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program 11:45 Leo Gerard, President, United SteelWorkers of America 12:15 Lunch 1:30 Workers’ Rights Panel Bill Kane, President, New Jersey Industrial Union Council - Moderator Ed Bruno, Co-author, “Toward a New Labor Law” Peter Kellman, Co-author, “Toward a New Labor Law” Rhina Molina, Organizer, UNITE Jim Pope, Professor, Rutgers University Law School Leonard Riley, ILA Local 1422 David Schlein, Former Vice President, AFGE 2:45 Free Higher Education Panel Adolph Reed, Jr., Co-Chair, Free Higher Education campaign - Moderator Jamie Jee, Student Organizer, UMASS-Amherst Enrique Ochoa, Professor of History, Cal State-Los Angeles Dean Robinson, Professor of Political Science, UMASS-Amherst Quentin Young, MD, National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program 4:15 Fair Trade Panel Bruce Klipple, General Secretary-Treasurer, UE - Moderator Patricia Campos, UNITE Legislative Department Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Saturday July 27 Second Constitutional Convention 9am - 6pm Resolutions Committee Constitution Committee Karen Silkwood Award to Ken Riley Sunday July 28 9am - Noon Organizing Committee/Action Strategies Adjournment |
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